VARANASI: Prestigious Varanasi seat of MLC (local bodies) election registered 98.52% turnout of voters on Saturday when 4876 voters sealed the fate of jailed mafia don and MLC Brijesh Singh’s wife Annapurna Singh, Bhartiya Janata Party’s Sudama Patel and Samajwadi Party’s Umesh Kumar in the ballet boxes.
According to deputy district election officer and returning officer for MLC (local bodies) election Ran Vijay Singh, in Varanasi constituency maximum 99.01% polling was registered in Chandauli district while 98.67% voters in Bhadohi and 97.97% voters exercised their franchise in Varanasi district. In Varanasi district 100% voting was recorded only at the polling booth of Sevapuri block headquarters while lowest 90.91% polling was registered at zila panchayat. Polling booth of Varanasi Municipal Corporation, which also had the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in electoral roll, registered 97.87% polling, said Singh.
